He was born in June 1841 (12) or 6 June 1843, to Henry Imler and Barbara Croyle (14, 17 [6 June 1842], 18 [7 (?) in 1850]). He was 20 years old when he was enlisted (3, 4, 5, 9 [17 in 1860], 10 [26 in 1870], 11 [37 in 1880], 12 [58 in 1900], 13 [68 in 1910]). He was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania (3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18).
In 1850, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (18). He was living with his parents, Henry and Barbara Imler, and with other Imler's (18).
In 1860, he was living in Union Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, with his parents (9). He was a farm laborer (9).
When he was enlisted, he was a farmer (3, 5).
His brother, Adam Imler, and his cousin Martin Imler, also served in the 91st Pennsylvania (15).
He was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and light hair (3, 5).
He was drafted (1, 3, 5). He was enlisted and mustered into service as a private on 21 September 1864, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (1, 3, 4, 5, 6 [8 Oct 64], 7). He was enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (3, 5). His enlistment was credited to the 16th congressional district (3, 5). He served as a private in company B (1).
He was wounded on 27 October 1864, at Hatcher's Run, Virginia (5).
He was reported present on the muster roll for January-February 1865) (16).
According to the regimental hospital records, "Imler of Co. B" was treated for constipation from 22 to 26 February 1865 (16). (This may have been Adam or Martin Imler.)
He was discharged at Washington, DC, by general order 94, War Department (dated 25 May 65), on 30 May 1865 (1, 3, 7) or 25 May 1865 (2, 6 [6 July 65]).
On 23 March 1868, he married Rebecca Sill (12, 13, 14). This was her second marriage, and his first (13). In 1910, she had had eleven children, ten of whom were still alive (13). William and Rebecca had nine children (14):
In 1870, he was living in St Clairsville Borough, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (10). He was living with his wife Rebecca, his son Mimlton, and two step-daughters (?) (10). He was a huckster, and he owned $1,300 in real estate and $400 in personal property (10).
On 13 April 1880, he successfully applied for a pension (7, 8).
In 1880, he was living in King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (11). He was living with his wife Rebecca and seven children (11). He was a farmer (11).
In 1890, he was living in Imler Valley, King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (6). He had received a gunshot wound in his left breast (6).
In 1900, he was living in King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (12). He was living with his wife Rebecca and four children (12). He was a farmer (12).
He again applied for a pension on [illegible] 1907 (7).
In 1910, he was living in King Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (13). He was living with his wife and two children (13). He was a farmer (13).
His wife, Rebecca S Imler, died on 20 April 1911 (17).
He died on 21 April 1921, at Imler, Pennsylvania (6, 14 [Osterburg], 17 [18 Apr 1921]). He was buried in the Village of Imler Cemetery, Pennsylvania (14).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (William Imled)
2 company B, register of men discharged (Wm Imler)
3 company B, [second] descriptive roll, entry 71 (William Imler)
4 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 2 Jun 2004 (William Imled; rolls have 'Imler')
5 company B, [third] descriptive roll, entry 31 (Wm Imler)
6 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, King Township, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 75, page 2 (William H Imler)
7 pension index, by regiment (William Imler)
8 pension index, by name (William Imler)
9 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township (post office St Clairsville), microfilm series M653, film 1072, page 642 = 24 handwritten (William H Imler)
10 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, St Clairsville Borough, microfilm series M593, film 1304, page 687 = 2 handwritten (W H Imler)
11 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, King Township, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 236, microfilm series T9, film 1098, page 196 A = 17 handwritten (Wm H Imler)
12 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, King Township, supervisor's district 13, enumeration district 19, microfilm series T623, film 1376, page 29 = 7A handwritten (William H Imler)
13 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, King Township, supervisor's district 16, enumeration district 18, microfilm series T624, film 1312, page 162 B = 5 handwritten (William H Imler)
14 "My Mother's family-Neely, Biddle & extended families", GEDCOM on RootsWeb WorldConnect (searched 13 December 2005) (William H Imler)
15 e-mail, Mike Hengst to Harry A Ide, 3 August 2009 (William Imler)
16 summary of Martin Imler's service, pension file, Maria E Imler, widow of Martin Imler (William Imler)
17 headstone, Old Imler Cemetery, Imler, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (thanks to Mike Hengst for providing this!) (Wm H Imler)
18 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Union Township, microfilm series M432, film 751, page 252 verso = 502 handwritten (W H Imler)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Footnote index to the 1930 US census (searched 1 Nov 2009)]
| line | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Dwellings visited | 100 | ||||||
| Families visited | 100 | ||||||
| Name | Henry Imler | Barbara Imler | Thomas Imler | Adam Imler | Josiah Imler | W. H. Imler | Calhan [?] Imler |
| Age | 52 | 48 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 7 [?] | 17 |
| Sex | m | f | m | m | m | m | f |
| Color | |||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | |||||||
| Real estate owned | |||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Pa] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||
| Attended school within year | |||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Dwelling number | 936 | |||
| Family number | 894 | |||
| Name | Henry Imler | Barbara " | Josiah " | William H. " |
| Age | 63 | 58 | 22 | 17 |
| Sex | m | f | m | m |
| Color | ||||
| Occupation | Farmer | Farm Lab | " " | |
| Value of real estate owned | 2000 | |||
| Value of personal estate | 200 | |||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | |||
| Cannot read & write | 1 | 1 | ||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Dwelling-house number | 15 | ||||
| Family number | 15 | ||||
| Name | Imler W H | Rebecca | Milton | Burkheimer [??] [illegible] | - McClella [?] |
| Age | 26 | 28 [?] | 6/12 | 7 | 6 [?] |
| Sex | M | F | M | F | F |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Huckster | Keeping House | |||
| Real estate value | 1300 | ||||
| Personal estate value | 400 | ||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " | " |
| Father foreign born | |||||
| Mother foreign born | |||||
| Birth month if born within year | Nov | ||||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||||
| Attended school past year | 1 | 1 | |||
| Can't read | |||||
| Can't write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| street name | |||||||||
| house number | |||||||||
| dwelling visit # | 145 | ||||||||
| family visit # | 149 | ||||||||
| name | Imler Wm. H | - Rebecca | - Milton L | - Dennis C | - Katy D | - Amanda E | - Thomas E | - Lucy Ada | Berkimer Clella [?] |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | F | M | F | F |
| age | 37 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| month born if born in year | |||||||||
| relationship | Husband | Wife | Son | Son | Daugh | Daugh | Son | Daugh | Daugh [sic] |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| widowed/divorced | |||||||||
| married during year | |||||||||
| occupation | Farmer | House Keeper | Farm Hand | At Home | |||||
| months unemployed | 11 | ||||||||
| currently ill? | |||||||||
| blind | |||||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||||
| idiotic | |||||||||
| insane | |||||||||
| disabled | |||||||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| can't read | |||||||||
| can't write | |||||||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| street | ||||||
| house number | ||||||
| dwelling number | 139 | |||||
| family number | 140 | |||||
| name | Imler William H | - Rebecca | - Park C | - Josiah S | - Carrie M | Berkheimer Leah |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Son | Daughter | Step Daughter |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | F |
| birth date | June 1841 | June 1840 | Apr 1881 | Dec 1883 | Feb 1889 | Jul 1862 |
| age | 58 | 59 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 37 |
| married? | M | M | S | S | S | S |
| # years married | 31 | 31 | ||||
| mother of how many children? | [illegible] | |||||
| # of children living | 3 [?? perhaps 8?] | |||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | ||||||
| # years in USA | ||||||
| naturalized citizen? | ||||||
| occupation | Farmer | Farm Laborer | At School | At School | Dress Maker | |
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| # months in school | 7 | 7 | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | O | |||||
| free or mortgaged | M | |||||
| farm/house | F | |||||
| # of farm schedule | 81 |
| line | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 |
| street | Imler Village and vicinity | |||
| house nr | ||||
| dwelling nr | 102 | |||
| family nr | 105 | |||
| name | Imler William H | - Rebecca S | - Carrie M | BerkheimerLeah |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Step-daughter |
| sex | M | F | F | F |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| age | 68 | 69 | 21 | 45 |
| marital status | M1 | M2 | S | S |
| #years present marriage | 42 | 42 | ||
| mother of # children | 11 | |||
| mother of # living children | 10 | |||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | ||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English |
| occupation | Farmer | None | None | Milliner |
| nature of industry etc. | General farm | Own shop | ||
| employer etc. | Emp | OA | ||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No [sic] | |||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 [sic] | |||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | ||||
| owned/rented | O | |||
| owned free or mortagaged | F | |||
| farm/house | F | |||
| nr on farm schedule | 66 | |||
| civil war vet | UA | |||
| blind | ||||
| deaf & dumb | ||||